4. Avukana Buddha Statue (Ancient Buddhist Sites in Sri Lanka)
The Avukana Buddha Statue is located in a village near Kekirawa in the North Central province of Sri Lanka. It is a popular pilgrim destination for people from all over the country. Some scholars believe the carvings were influenced by Ghandara school of art and possibly the Amaravarti school of art from India.
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In Sri Lanka, one can find many places with sacred Buddha statues. Throughout history, these represented people's piety towards their religion. One of the most famous is in Avukana.
The statue is more than 12 meters tall and was carved from a large granite rock face in the 5th century. It is considered to be one of the finest ancient standing Buddha statues in Sri Lanka.
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Avukana Buddha statue - අවුකන පිලිබඳ ඔබ නොදත් බෙහෝදේ
The Avukana statue is a standing statue of the Buddha near Kekirawa in North Central Sri Lanka. The statue, which has a height of more than 40 feet (12 m), has been carved out of a large granite rock face during the 5th century. It depicts a variation of the Abhaya mudra, and the closely worn robe is elaborately carved. Constructed during the reign of Dhatusena, it may have been made as a result of a competition between a master and a pupil. Avukana statue is one of the best examples of a standing statue constructed in ancient Sri Lanka. It is now a popular tourist attraction in the country.
The Avukana statue is located in the village of Avukana (also spelled Aukana) near Kekirawa in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is close to the Kala Wewa reservoir, and is positioned facing it.[1] It has been carved out of a large granite rock face,[2] but is not completely separated. A narrow strip of rock has been left at the back of the statue, connecting it to the rock face and supporting it.[3] However, the pedestal on which the Buddha stands, which is carved in the form of a lotus flower, has been carved separately and positioned under the statue. The statue alone is 38 feet 10 inches (11.84 m) in height, and with the pedestal the total height of the Avukana statue reaches 42 feet (13 m).[4][5] The statue had been located within a large image house or shrine, of which parts of the walls still remain. It had been made of brick and stone, and was 74 feet (23 m) long and 63 feet (19 m) wide.
සමභංග ඉරියව්වෙන් යුත් විශාලම හිටි බුදු පිළිම පහක් ශ්‍රී ලංකා‍‍‍‍‍‍වේ වෙයි. අනුරාධපුර දිස්ත්‍රික්කයේ කලා වැවට බටහිරින් අවුකන ග‍‍‍මේ කලා වැව දෙසට මුහුණලා නෙලා ඇති අවුකන බුදු පිළිමය ඉන් එකක් ලෙස දැක්විය හැක.
අවුකන බුදු පිළිමය
දිවයිනේ බොහෝ තැන්වල දක්නට ලැබෙන්නේ වැවත් දාගැබත් වෙනුවට වැවත් බුදු පිළිමයත් ය. දාගැබ හෝ බුදු පිළිමය මිනිසුන්ගේ ආධ්‍යාත්මික දියුණුවත් වැව ලෞකික දියුණුවත් සංකේතවත් කරයි. මෙම අවුකන බුදු පිළිමයත් එහි පිළිම ගෙයත් ක්‍රි.ව අටවන සියවසයට අයත්ය.පුරා විද්‍යා දෙපාර්තුමේන්තුවේ ඒ.පී. අශෝක මහතා සමඟ ට්‍රින්ගෝ මෙට්‍රික් ක්‍රමයට ගන්නා ලද මිනුම් ප්‍රමාණ අනුව පද්මාසනයේ සිට සිරස්පත දක්වා අවුකන බුදු පිළිමයේ උස මිටර් 11.36කි. පද්මාසනය මත වු හිටි බුදු පිළිමය සමභංග ක්‍රමයට තනා තිබේ. මේ ක්‍රමයට ශරිරයේ බර දෙපා වලට සම සමව බෙදී යන සේ ශරිරය කෙලින් තබාගෙන සිටින බව සැලකිය යුතුය. ඔසවන ලද දකුණු අතේ අභය මුද්‍රාව වෙයි. වමත උරහිස මට්ටමට ඔසවා සිවුර අල්ලාගෙන ඉන්නා ආකාරය දැක්වෙන කටක මුද්‍රාවෙන් යුක්තය. ඇඳුම තනිපට සිවුර, අඳනය හා පටිය යන තුනකින් යුක්තයි. ඇස්වට හන්දියේ සිට අඟල් හතරක් පමණ ඉහළින් අවසන් වන ලෙස අඳනය ඇඳ ඇත. සිවුර පොරවා ඇත්තේ අඳනයේ නුවාව පෙනෙන ලෙස අඳනයේ යට සිමාවට අඟල් හතරක් පමණ උඩින්ය. පටිය නොපෙනෙයි. සිවුර ඒකාංශපාරූපන ක්‍රමයට පොරවා තිබේ. මේ ක්‍රමයට සිවුර පොරවන විට දකුණු උරය විවෘතය. වම් උරය සිවුරට වැසි තිබේ. පෙරවිමේ ක්‍රමයද මෙහිදි සැලකිල්ලට ගත යුතුව තිබේ. සාමාන්‍යයෙන් පිටුපසින් වම් උරය මතට වැටෙන සිවුරු පොට දෙවනුවද අනුරාධපුරය අඟ භාගය පමණ දක්වා පැවති ක්‍රමයයි. මේ ක්‍රමයට සිවුර පොරවන විට වම් අතේ මැණික් කටුව දක්වා සිවුරු පොටවල් දෙක පැතිරි ඇත. ඒ නිසා වම් අත පහළ හෙළිය නොහැක. වම් අත පහළට තිබුණොත් සිවුරු පොට බිම තැවරෙයි. එය සංවරයට බාධාවකි. ඒ නිසා වම් අත ඔසවා තබා ගැනිමට සිදුවෙයි. සිවුරේ ඇත්තේ තනි රැල්ලකි. එය අනුරාධපුර යුගයේ බුදු පිළිමවල විශේෂ ලක්ෂණයකි.
අවුකන බුදු පිළිමය මහා පුරුෂ ලක්ෂණවලින් යුක්තය. පිටි පතුල් දෙක, පිටි අතුල් දෙක, උරහිස් දෙක හා කඳ පිරී තිබේ. එය දෙතිස් මහා පුරුෂ ලක්ෂණවලින් සත්තුස්සද ලක්ෂණයයි. හිසේ දක්ෂිණාවර්ත කෙස් පිඬු වෙයි. හිසේ මුදුනේ අර්ධ ගෝලාකාර සංකේතයක් හා එය මත සිරස්පතක් වෙයි. අර්ධ ගෝලාකාර ලක්ෂණයෙන් සංකේතවත් වන්නේ හිසින් ඉහළට විහිදෙන බුදු රැස්ය. එය හැඳින්විමට අනුරාධපුර යුගයේදි භාවිත කළ වචනය රංසිපුඤ්ජ යන්නයි. රංසිපුඤ්ජ යන්න පාළි භාෂාවට අයත් වචනයකි. එහි තේරුම වන රැස්ගොඩ යන්නට සමාන සිංහල වචනයක්ද එකල තිබෙන්නට ඇතැයි සිතිය හැකිය
Avukana - අවුකන බුද්ධ ප්‍රතිමාව
The Avukana statue is a standing statue of the Buddha near Kekirawa in North Central Sri Lanka. The statue, which has a height of more than 40 feet (12 m), has been carved out of a large granite rock face during the 5th century. It depicts a variation of the Abhaya mudra, and the closely worn robe is elaborately carved. Constructed during the reign of Dhatusena, it may have been made as a result of a competition between a master and a pupil. Avukana statue is one of the best examples of a standing statue constructed in ancient Sri Lanka. It is now a popular tourist attraction in the country.
The Avukana statue is located in the village of Avukana (also spelled Aukana) near Kekirawa in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is close to the Kala Wewa reservoir, and is positioned facing it.[1] It has been carved out of a large granite rock face,[2] but is not completely separated. A narrow strip of rock has been left at the back of the statue, connecting it to the rock face and supporting it.[3] However, the pedestal on which the Buddha stands, which is carved in the form of a lotus flower, has been carved separately and positioned under the statue. The statue alone is 38 feet 10 inches (11.84 m) in height, and with the pedestal the total height of the Avukana statue reaches 42 feet (13 m).[4][5] The statue had been located within a large image house or shrine, of which parts of the walls still remain. It had been made of brick and stone, and was 74 feet (23 m) long and 63 feet (19 m) wide.
The Avukana statue is widely believed to have been constructed in the 5th century during the reign of King Dhatusena, and under his orders.[4] However, another theory is that it was done by an individual named Barana.[8] There is another standing statue of the Buddha, quite similar to the Avukana statue, at Sasseruwa located close to Avukana. According to legend, the two statues are the result of a competition between a stone sculpting guru (master) and gola (pupil). The story goes that the master constructed the Avukana statue, while the pupil made the statue at Sasseruwa. The first to complete his statue had to notify it to the other by ringing a bell. The master managed to complete his statue first, and won the competition. This is said to be the reason that the Sasseruwa statue is in an unfinished state. The Avukana statue is considered to be the better of the two, and similarities between them have led historians to believe that the story is actually true.[9] But in fact that is mere legend as the fact is that Sasseruwa also known as Reswehera was built nearly four hundred years prior to Avukana Buddha image. Reswehera Rajamaha Vihara is an ancient temple which was built by the king Devanampiya Tissa (307BC-267BC) situated in north western province in Sri Lanka.
The hand of the Buddha faces the viewer sideways in what is known as the Ashisha Mudra (Blessing Pose).
Avukana Temple Sri lanka
Avukana Budha statue crafted from a granite rock, near Kalawewa tank, Northcentral province Sri Lanka
Polonnaruwa Gal Viharaya | Story [ Sinhala ]
The Polonnaruwa Gal Vihara originally known as the Uttararama is a rock temple of the Buddha situated in the ancient city of Polonnaruwa in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. It was fashioned in the 12th century by Parakramabahu I.
The central feature of the temple is four rock relief statues of the Buddha, which have been carved into the face of large granite rock. The images consist of a large seated figure, another smaller seated figure inside an artificial cavern, a standing figure, and a reclining figure. These are considered to be some of the best examples of ancient Sinhalese sculpting and carving arts and have made the Gal Vihara the most visited monument at Polonnaruwa.
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The Gal Vihara, also known as Gal Viharaya and originally as the Uththaraarama, is a rock temple of the Buddha situated in the ancient city of Polonnaruwa in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. It was fashioned in the 12th century by Parakramabahu.
This is the sinhala explanation of the story behind Gal Vihara by Mr.Piyadasa
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Hatthikuchchi Viharaya is a ruined ancient temple complex situated on the northern border of the North Western Province (Wayamba), Sri Lanka 3.5 km away from the Mahagalkadawala junction on the Padeniya – Anuradhapura (A28) road. The name 'Hatthikuchchi' (හත්ථිකුච්චි in Sinhalese) is a pali word meaning 'Elephant Stomach' (Hasthi - Elephant, Kuchchi - Stomach). Its closest Sinhalese name is 'ඇත්කුස් වෙහෙර' 'Eth Kus wehera' (Eth - Elephant, Kus - Stomach). This names has been given because of a large rock inside the temple complex which resembles an elephant.
The Temple complex is considered to have been built by King Devanampiyatissa (307–267 BC) and one of the oldest Buddhist temple complexes in the country. Later for various reasons this complex was forgotten and by the time of king Sirisangabo this was covered with jungle.
It has been taken into consideration that this was the location where King Sirisangabo (251–253 AD) offered his own head to a peasant. Previously it was widely considered that this incident took place at Attanagalla in Gampaha district now most scholars have raised the argument that this must be the place that it really took place.
Main reason for this idea was that, in the story it says the peasant walked half a day from Anuradhapura towards the south where he met the former king Sirisangabo. Since 'Hatthikuchchi Viharaya' is only 38.5 km from Anuradhapura rather than Attanagalla which is 170 km from Anuradhapura there is a better chance this is the actual place the incident took place.
Supporting this facts there is a tomb which is considered to have the ashes of the king Sirisangabo. In this tomb the tombstone which is built from bricks resembling a human body have a granite sphere as the head piece since it was missing in the dead body.
Excavations are still under way at the site and more ruins are yet to be found which are covered with the jungle.
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වාරිමාර්ග දෙපාර්තමේන්තු වාර්තාවලට අනුව කලා වැවේ ජල ධාරිතාව අක්කර අඩි ලක්ෂයක්. කලා වැවෙන් ප්‍රධාන සොරොව් තුනකුත්, අතුරු සොරොව් ගණනාවකුත් ඔස්සේ රජරට කෙත්වතු ලක්ෂ ගණනක් සශ්‍රීක කරනවා. කලාවැවට කලින් ධාතුසේන රජතුමා කරවූ බළලු වැවත් දැන් කලාවැවටම අයිති වෙලා. කලාවැවේ වේල්ල කිලෝමීටර හතරක් දිගයි. මෙන්න මේ වේල්ල හදන්න අලි ඇත්තු සියගණනක් විශාල ගල් කුට්ටි ඇදගෙන ඇවිත් තියෙනවා. අඩි තිහකට වැඩිය උස වේල්ල හදල තියෙන්නේ එහෙමයි. යන්ත්‍ර සූත්‍ර නැති කාලෙක කරපු සුපිරි මට්ටමේ ඉංජිනේරු නිර්මාණයක්.
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